>> joe: the makers of bayer aspirin are proud to donate $200,000 to the american red cross on behalf of the fast relief challenge. presented here tonight in st. louis, game four, as hector sanchez, the catcher leads it off. 0-2 with two strike-outs against wainwright. go back out there for the seventh. 6-1 st. louis. breaking ball. went around on a pitch outside. strike two. >> tim: how many times have you said that tonight? "breaking ball and he went around." >> joe: tried to hold up and he could not.

>> joe: that is foul, right in the direction of ken rosenthal. how about wainwright tonight here in game four? >> ken: well, he has been great, joe. it goes back to game five of the division series. if you remember, he fell behind 6-nothing. he was very upset with his performance last night. that night. thrilled that the teammates got him obviously off the hook. and he was one of the guys that pops up as they came back against the nationals. for him, after missing all of last season it has to be gratifying just to be back in this position. >> joe: yes. ken, and that start, and that win and go on and lose and go home start against the nationals, in game five he went 2-1/3 allowed six runs, seven hits. after being pretty good in game one, including ten strike-outs. 5-2/3. >> tim: also three home runs for the nationals in the 2-1/3. >> joe: still 0-2 on hector sanchez leading off the seve

seventh. breaking ball strikes out sanchez for the third time tonight. strikeout number five. here in game four for wainwright. geico in-game box score for the giants. pagan has done his part with a triple, single. he has played a great center. scutaro has a hit. pence, solo home run in top of the second to make at it 2-1 game and the cardinals have scored four unanswered. since then. and lead 6-1. here is pence. ball one. >> joe: after the home run for hunter, he grounded out in the fifth leading off. giants had a chance last inning down by three, put two

on. pence was trying to unload on that one from wainwright. one ball, one strike. >> tim: for the most part, with wainwright tonight, he has done it with two pitches. fastball, curveball. occasional changeup. >> joe: curveball again. >> tim: he's putting on a clinic of curveballs tonight. >> joe: that one misses down and away. adam was a first round pick by atlanta, he grew up in georgia. he was traded to st. louis. and jason marquee. j.d. drew and morern december of 2003. came up with the cardinals in 2005. 19-game winner, 20-game winner this last year with tommy johns. so he missed the entire march

through october. the memorable world series against the rangers and he is hoping to help his team get back there. wainwright now a starter again. experienced the world series at the front end of the night. pence pops it to right. in comes allen craig. bases empty. blanco the hitter. wainwright tries to get through seven. for the cardinals, they have not had the starter, extend themselves to games much. heavy reliance on the good

young bullpen. strike. 0-1. >> joe: pitch number 96 on the night is grounded to first. fair. that will end the top of the seventh. wainwright has been outstanding here tonight in game four. take a break. come back, bottom of the seventh. cardinals come back leading by five. hey, put your game face on, it's the two minute warning of the built ford tough sales even. ford f-150 with ecoboost. smash-mouth v8 power with long-yardage v6 fuel efficiency. the best combination of torque and fuel- economy, it's the dual threat the competition can't match. check out ford f-150 with ecoboost. touchdown, baby. it's the final days to get 0% financing for 60 months

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of the bat. some of those bats, most of them as a matter of fact are bored out at the end. yep. it chipped it right on the end. turn that bat over. it's almost like champagne bottle. >> joe: jack white could use that as a guitar pick. make guitars out of tin cans. did "meet nein st. louis" i believe, if memory serves. here is craig with an 0-1 count. allen is right-fielder tonightbe. with the knee injury yesterday to beltran. craig went to right tonight. carpenter got the start at first.

cardinals. strike two. >> tim: behind that curveball for the most part of adam wainwright. davisteve horn and i were talkig between innings and steve suggested that the curveball might be making a comeback this year. the more i think about it, the more i think he is dead on. >> joe: that got the attention of craig. up and in. the count 2-2. >> tim: allen, glad this pitch is not dead on. out of the way in time. out of harm's way. >> joe: the count two balls, two strikes. with the heart beating quicker for allen craig. he hits it fair. diving and the throw drops on the other end by posey. [ applause ] craig is on to start the

seventh. base hit. >> tim: the first hit of the series for craig, as he hooks it down the line. but sandoval just had too much to do. and not enough time to do it. fine play to prevent a double. but the throw to first is in the dirt. and it's pulled buster posey off the bag. >> joe: sandoval working over that piece of gum, able to spit on his way down to the ground and the rollover before he pops up. and fires one on a couple of hops to posey. it looked like craig might have beaten it if posey come up with it cleanly anyway. >> tim: right. >> joe: molina. one on, nobody out. good fastball. strike one. >> tim: we're talking about the curveballs and how it may have made a comeback. think about the guys who have had success throwing that pitch.

namely, justin verlander of the tigers. doug fister. talk about a 1-2 punch, whoever wins here will have to face in the world series. starting next wednesday. >> joe: the 0-1 to molina. that is low. affeldt the left-hander getting loose. david freese on deck. then descalso. >> tim: clayton kershaw, the dodgers with an excellent curveball. we have seen one of the best we've seen all year tonight out of adam wainwright. >> joe: trevor rosenthal is getting loose. coming in to pitch in the eighth. 2-1. a lot of pitchers and pitching coaches went away from the curveball for a while because they didn't thin called a strike. you mention some great guys with great pitchers with tremendous curveballs.

>> tim: over the top curves. >> joe: here is the 2-1 from mota. slow. the count 3-1. hole can't get any deeper for the giants who already trail by five. and will have to make a comeback if they are going to do it against the cardinal bullpen, which has been fantastic. >> joe: 3-1. hard hit. base hit. fair. past third. on the way down in to the corner. craig will round third and score. on an rbi double by yadier molina. it's 7-1.

>> tim: that was a good play by jose oquendo, the third base coach. that ball crushed down the left-field line. but because gregor blanco had a tough time coming up with the ball, jose oquendo had to wait to wave allen craig around third. and he scores rather easily. there it is right there. he waited, wave in. cardinals score their seventh run. >> joe: molina gets his first extra base hit. over his last 13 games. two rbis on the night. two out of four. here is david freese. nobody out. in the bottom of the seventh. freese 1 for 3 tonight. cardinals have their highest run total of the l.c.s.

that almost hit freese. after craig got one earlier this inning, up and in. >> joe: 2-0. now salas joins rosenthal. the end of the night for wainwright. he goes 7, allows one run on just four hits. struck out five. walked nobody. home run to pence. >> tim: four base runners for the giants through seven.

>> joe: 2-1 now the count on freese. >> joe: 3-1. >> joe: assuming that's it, might not be. >> tim: this game is not a nail-biter for the cardinals. six-run lead. >> joe: seven strong innings from wainwright. started to talk about coming back from tommy john and innings limit. hot topic this year in baseball. with what went on with strasburg in washington. being shut down at 159.

full count on david freese. >> joe: salas alone with ken rosenthal taking a seat in the bullpen. >> joe: 3-2. >> tim: kind of an old story right now. it wonder how many baseball fans in the washington area are asking themselveses that question. could we have beaten the cardinals with stephen strasburg starting? it's a reasonable question. it will never be answered. cardinals coming back from six runs down in game five to beat the nats. >> joe: nobody out in this seventh inning. now freese needs a new bat.

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affeldt in the game. descalso, the first to face him. runner at second. one out. st. louis up by six in the seventh. nice block by sanchez to keep molina from going to third. ball one. >> tim: he has made more than a handful behind the plate tonight. i haven't seen a lot of sanchez. but he looks to me with his offensive switch hitter like he will be a good ball player. i can see why the giants are so high on him. >> joe: problem for him is he is blocked. >> tim: right. unless you move posey to first base. >> joe: the 1-0. fly ball shallow right. foul territory. hauled in, in fair territory by scutaro. two out. descalso one for four tonight. pete kozma will be the hitter. >> tim: of course, in coming years if the giants

decide to move buster posey to first base, then you waste his arm. he has a good throwing arm, that he is in the right spot now. so that particular skill. it's good to have a backup catcher. how many teams have good backup catchers? disappearing. baseball landscape. >> joe: kozma now with a runner at second. two out. good swing. he gets a big swing. he doesn't get cheated. he has a line drive base hit to left, the last time up. he has been on base twice tonight. on deck is shane robinson. adam wainwright's night is finished. salas getting ready to come in. ball one inside.

>> joe: here is the 1-1. right side, foul ball. strike two. there is robinson who got an rbi with a ground-out. an important rbi for st. louis in game three. yesterday late afternoon. right before the rain delay. which lasted three-and-a-half hours. 1-2, away from sanchez. he doesn't know where it is. but he's got the lead on the base and sandoval comes in to grab it. count 0-2. wild pitch. >> tim: he has corraled quite a few behind the plate. that ball hit the plate. came up on him.

caromed toward the giants' dugout. >> joe: kozma with the count even 2-2. >> joe: runner at third. two outs. another block by sanchez. he has been busy since the start. got in the presence of lincecum on the mound. came in having fun. >> joe: the last eight starts with tim lincecum. posey getting the start at first. count at 3-2. line drive to left. base hit. kozma has got another rbi. that is his seventh of this post season.

it's 8-1. >> tim: pete kozma, only 24 years old. has toiled and labored in seven different minor league cities. including johnson city, tennessee. springfield. cardinal triple-a affiliate memphis. wainwright should smile. >> joe: shane robinson batting for wainwright. seven innings, one run, four hits. strike one. no walks, five strike-outs. adam wainwright possessed a great curveball, that was on display all night. it was evident in the first

inning he had his good stuff. a good bounce back start for wainwright after the rough game five division series start in washington. 0-2 on robinson. 0-4 with an rbi so far this post season is robinson. two runs scoring against mota. he went around. strike-out ends the inning, but not before the cardinals score two runs for the third consecutive inning. lead by seven. what a night for adam wainwright. he got the ball, the start in game four. on his way to a victory. hands it over to the bullpen. up by seven, through seven. so, explain this. how can something get bigger.. and smaller?

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make it great. >> joe: fernando salas takes over here in the eighth. aubrey huff first up. he will bat in the pitcher's spot. that means affeldt is finished after going two-thirds of an inning. one hit, one strike-out. the count 0-2. it will be arias and pagan against salas who is on in

relief for wainwright. looking for his first post season starter. 94 miles per hour from salas. at some point here we're going to start looking ahead. javier lopez gets loose. to tomorrow night's matchup of barry zito and lance lynn. the 0-2. big swing and it's fouled straight back. 8-1, st. louis on top. >> joe: salas with the count 0-2. in there and swung and miss. one out.

>> tim: wrap things up about adam wainwright tonight. remember the scouting report at the beginning of the game. the second point right there, get the curve over. did he ever do that tonight. and just an example of what frustrated giants' hitters all night long. one after the other. >> joe: here is arias. good rising fastball from salas for strike one. joaquin arias is 0-1. grounded out after taking over in a double switch in the fifth. salas is the forgotten guy in bullpen. last year, the cardinals counted on fernando for a lot of big outs. not just in the regular season, but in the post

season with tony la russa as manager. now mike matheny has a different makeup to the bullpen. the same closer that la russa ended with, though he never did name motte the closer. mott no note was that. certainly in world series. two-inning save last night, did not allow a base runner. saved 42 games in the regular season to tie for the league lead. here comes a 2-1 to arias. fly ball in to right. allen craig drifts back in front of the track. two out. sunday, foxtoberfest continues. fox n.f.l. sunday. big game redskins in the meadowlands to take on the giants. cowboys bat the panthers. packers-rams. down the street in st. louis. cardinals-vikes.

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tonight's game is sponsored by -- >> joe: javier lopez in to the game. sixth pitcher over the night for the giants. he will try to keep it right where it is. light rain starts to fall here in the eighth. >> tim: hold the rain. >> joe: it will be the top of the order. jon jay, matt carpenter, matt holliday against lopez. finally got in to this series in game three. one third of an inning, he was the one that was brought in right before the delay. and then came back and got the man at the plate. jon jay. ground ball to first. starts jay with a strike.

he's got great action. javier lopez. the 0-1. strike two. so hard on left-handed hitters. >> tim: yeah, when he drops down, as we said last night, the front side comes out of there and you really have no chance. lopez born in puerto rico. moved to washington, d.c., when he was three years old. his dad was an f.b.i. agent. that is what he wanted to be. however, i think he chose the right profession. >> joe: he found a niche. sidearming left-handed specialist. always looking for this type of guy. >> tim: that's right. that is really what the cardinals don't have. >> joe: they have more conventional left-handers, rzepczynski. this guy is deadly on left-handed batters and he gets a strike-out to start his night. one away.

give you now the ups logistics plays of the game. back to the fifth. the double by matt carpenter. matt holliday with a hit. relay home. got away from sanchez. then yadier molina knocked home matt holliday. a two-run fifth inning. two more in the sixth. two more in the seventh. 8-1 lead. that is delivered by ups. let ups and the power of logistics work for you. ball one to carpenter. one out in the eighth. on base three times tonight with two walk, a double. two runs scored. he has flied out. here is a 1-0. pitch called ball two. giants in the ninth will have the two, three, four hitter, scutaro, posey, sandoval.

>> joe: chopped to the right side. foul. 2-1. the right-hander has closed at times. now one of the setup guys for romo. getting loose. in case something gets started here. that is the cardinal bullpen. kelly in the front. trying to stay warm. whatever is going on out there. 2-1 pitch outside. 3-1. you can put a hidden camera in the bullpen. >> tim: no, you couldn't. >> joe: well, no. you'd have to have great editing and somebody with unbelievable ability to get

the bad stuff out of there. but in the course of the season, the way the guys evolve as a group, i mean you have got san francisco healthy, they have brian wilson who is in his own solar system leading the way out there. then the cardinal bullpen is a good group. we understand they as a group shot something on fox, which will air maybe tomorrow night. 3-2 pitch. foul tip. got sanchez. he has had a long night behind the plate. >> tim: you don't mind a foul tip like that coming in close game. but an 8-1 game, catchers feel like there is no justice. hitting on the top of the right foot. that is an interesting point, because both of these, there are no villains on either of the teams. they both have great personalities as groups and as individuals. >> joe: sanchez really hurt.

>> tim: yeah. that ballgame down. there was no rushing blow. came down, right on top of the right foot. i believe it missed that part of his shin guard. yeah, it did. it went right, those are not hard-toed shoes. if those were hard-toed shoes, a catcher couldn't squat. they fiddle with those things in the '60s but they couldn't get the flexibility in the toes that the catchers need to go down and squat. that ball avoided the flap unfortunately for a catcher. >> joe: 3-2, the count on carpenter. >> tim: these groups of guys on both teams are such pleasures to be around. >> joe: no doubt. carpenter fouls it away.

>> joe: one out. we will give you good news for the giants after carpenter does something here with one out in the eighth. strikes out. two down. for that good news, go to erin andrews. >> erin: brian wilson is going to throw tomorrow for the first time, joe, since having tommy john's surgery in april. you know brian wilson. all serious business. he put his head in bochy's office when he was with the media and said friday, my first toss bet ber in a game. i enjoyed him in dugt, from the dance move to the mani and pedi suggestions where to go. he is a joy. bochy said he is kind of crazy to have to deal with, as you can see right there. >> joe: bochy is about the most understated guy, as a manager, just calm, steady and a reason why he has been so successful over the years.

that is good news as the closer coming off surgery. brian wilson will get a chance to throw in preparation for next year. get him on the mound. let that off-season work prepare him for 2013. >> tim: makes you smile. >> joe: here is a fly ball to right. pence back. in front of the track. that will send us to the ninth inning. game number four. cardinals take the field. trying to take a commanding three games to one lead. they lead this ballgame 8-1. ♪ ♪

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>> joe: ninth inning now. 8-1, st. louis on top. fernando salas back to the hill. first up is scutaro. who has a hit tonight. new left-fielders is adron chambers taking over for matt holliday. we will see holliday tomorrow night. we will see a matchup of barry zito and lance lynn. lynn making his second start of the series. zito, his first start since game four at cincinnati, the divisional round when he lasted 2-2/3 inning. he does not have good numbers against the cardinals in his

career. it's going to be up to zito, try and get this series back to san francisco. to give vogelsong another chance to start in what will be game six. >> tim: vogelsong, the winner of the only game the giants have won in his series, working s innings and pitching brilliantly in game two. >> joe: a line drive foul to right. the count is 2-2. you know how the giants think about it. tomorrow, coming to the park. one game. >> tim: sudden death. >> joe: and then take the travel day and give the ball to vogelsong. if the there is a game seven, matt cain, their best. cardinals could counter with carpenter and lohse. line drive. down the left-field line. another two-hit game for marco scutaro. he has been sensational for the giants, as he has singled

and now doubled in his last two at-bats tonight. >> tim: ho-hum for marco scutaro. you know what he is doing is using the lines. he uses the right-field line one night and the left-field line the next time. >> joe: now it's posey. strike one. posey 0-3 tonight. two out of 13 in this series. scutaro who talked about hitting line drives in colorado, said his year started with his first at-bat. he hit a sinking line drive to center that was caught. he said i don't know. i don't really think i changed anything since i got to the giants. maybe his luck turned around. he couldn't be any hotter. ended the regular season with a 20-game hitting streak.

1-1 to buster posey. chopped to second for descalso. one out. over to third goes scutaro. >> tim: yeah, like a pitcher can not do anything about run support, the hitter can't do anything about placing the ball. all you try to do is hit the ball on the sweet part of the bat. hit hard ground balls and line drives. hope they fall. in colorado, for scutaro, they didn't. but for the giants, they have. fall every day it seems like for scutaro. >> joe: here is sandoval. scutaro has made some history tonight with another two-hit night. sandoval hits one in to right. back at the wall.

it's a two-run shot. way out of here. over the cardinal bullpen. 8-3 game. sandoval hits his first home run of this series. second of this post season. maybe the giants can hope that will get him going leading in to tomorrow night. >> tim: that is right. every at-bat is worth something. one of the first things you learn as a pitcher in the major leagues is don't throw any left-handed hitter down and in. drop the bat head. hits it a long, long way to right field. >> joe: now sanchez takes a strike. while you watch the home run by sandoval, who hit 12 in the regular season, has two the post season, need to finish with scutaro. he is the first national

leaguer to collect two or more hits in each of the first four games of the n.l.c.s. two out tonight. sanchez rolls one to matt carpenter. [ applause ] they hit the home run in the inning, but the giants are down to their final out as they trail by five and hunter pence who has a home run tonight will try to extend it against salas. the cardinals one out away from a commanding 3-1 series lead. >> joe: strike one. the cardinals have scored eight runs tonight without carlos beltran in their line-up. they push him and try to get him back in there for game

five tomorrow night? we'll find out. back at it. zito and lance lyn. his replacement has been terrific. matt carpenter with a home run yesterday. on base three times tonight. strike two. 25-year-old lance lyn gets the ball tomorrow. barry zito, the lefty on the other side will try to get the series back to california. >> joe: outside. 2-2.

>> joe: popped up right side. foul ball. carpenter is there. cardinals win game four. [ applause ] lead three games to one. 8-3 final tonight. [ cheers & applause ] >> joe: a three-hour 17-minute game. cardinals and the history of this organization, 25-1 all-time at home in the post season when they score six or more. tonight, the support was plenty for the pitching of adam wainwright.

chris carpenter the leader of the staff. celebrating. mitchell boggs and jason motte. yadier molina after this 8-3 st. louis win. and adam wainwright gets the victory. we'll go down to the field now and erin andrews. >> erin: joe, thank you so much. you said you have good at-bats. you broke out tonight 2. for 5, two rbi. what was the difference, matt? >> player: working on my swing. i felt more comfortable tonight. i was able to get pitches to hit, hit them hard. good results. that always helps the confidence. >> erin: it looked like the top of your line-up there felt good. production out of them as well. what is the key in keeping this momentum going knowing that you're now one game away

from going back to the world series? >> player: we have to keep getting on base. you know, top of the line-up getting on base. middle of the order. swung the bat well tonight. keep it going, in good shape. they had the backs against the ball against the reds and won three in a row. we have our work cut out for us. the series is by no means over. >> erin: adam wainwright after a tough game, game five after the nationals said get it back to me and give me one more shot. what do you say about his effort tonight? >> player: no surprise. you expect him to pitch well, pitch like an ace. he did. tonight he came out and pitched like he could pitch. the curveball was good. located the fastball. no surprise. we adam to pitch the way he pitched tonight. sometimes things like the washington game happen. he is tough as nails. we knew he would pitch well. >> erin: thank you. joe, to you. >> joe: yardals win tonight 8- -- the cardinals win it here tonight 8-3. a night that started with stan musiel raising to the crowd. the clydesdale and the pitch